Natural Disasters

GLCE

Introduction to Natural Disaster: Mix and Match Flashcards

• use visual cues to organize unfamiliar root words of new vocabulary. (3.1.LE.4).

• use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, remediate skill deficits, and facilitate learning throughout the curriculum. (3
• After viewing a teacher created PowerPoint presentation of the roots related to natural disasters, students will match illustrations (taken from PowerPoint) to the correct term, by gluing a picture on a note card. These flashcards will be used to prepare for a spelling test.

• PowerPoint
• Projector
• Handout created from PowerPoint
• Note cards
• Scissors
• Glue

The Earthquake Dog: Surviving a Natural Disaster

• read aloud a variety of leveled texts with three to four word phrasing and use a combination of prediction and context clues to construct meaning (3.1.LE.2, 3.1.LE.3, 3.7.LE.1
• select a character from a book on natural disasters and describe the character's experiences (3.5.LE.2).

• Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, remediate skill deficits, and facilitate learning throughout the curriculum. (3)

• After listening to a reading of The Earthquake Dog, the class will use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer describing the experiences of 3 main characters

• The Earthquake Dog
• Inspiration software
• Projector

A Personal Tale of Surviving the…

• develop strategies to organize the text and visuals of an expository report on a natural disaster (3.7.LE.4, 3.8.LE.3).

• Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively. (1)
• Discuss common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide. (1, 2)

• Write a fictional newspaper story, using a template in Publisher, about a natural disaster the student will survive in the future.
• The story must include 3 challenges the student faced while living without the use of modern technologies

• Teacher created template in Microsoft Publisher

• read leveled texts to develop comprehension and fluency (3.1.LE.2, 3.1.LE.3, 3.7.LE.1, 3.1.LE.4).
• develop strategies to organize the text and visuals of an expository report on a natural disaster (3.7.LE.4, 3.8.LE.3).
• identify and use appropriate resources to gather information for a research report on a natural disaster
• present orally a multimedia research report to inform others in the school about a particular natural disaster (3.6.LE.1, 3.8.LE.4, 3.11.LE.4).

• Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, Web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)
• Use telecommunications and online resources (e.g., e-mail, online discussions, Web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities for the purpose of developing solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (4, 5)

• Create and share multimedia presentations about a recent natural disaster from the perspective of a reporter, a local government official, and a humanitarian worker. Each group will then report their findings.
• From the class presentations select a relief effort to support, and organize a funds drive. (Authentic Assessment)

• Filamentality Web Quest
• nternet connected computers
• PowerPoint